New Delhi: Among the leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party slamming actor Deepika Padukone for visiting the JNU campus and supporting the students on Tuesday, Union minister Smriti Irani was the latest and the first prominent leader to attack the actor.

Irani who was speaking at an event in Chennai, lodged an attack on Padukone saying that the actor had 'made her political affiliation known in 2011 that she supports the Congress party.' Refering to an interview that is being widely shared by the actor’s critics, where she reportedly said of backing Rahul Gandhi for Prime Minister, Irani said "It’s her right (to) stand next to people who say Bharat tere tukde honge."